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Nicola Tallant: Jaws Byrne spawned a legacy of growing rich on the misery of others

I’m rushing across town on a busy Friday late afternoon. I’m late, as always, delayed in the office recording podcasts about criminals and their antics in the ever-changing underworld.

‘The gifts brought to the altar suggest an ordinary, kindly grandfather; a TV remote, a Liverpool jersey and photographs of family. The reality is a far different tale,’ Nicola Tallant writes James ‘Jaws’ Byrne and wife Sadie I’m rushing across town on a busy Friday late afternoon. I’m late, as always, delayed in the office recording podcasts about criminals and their antics in the ever-changing underworld.

I cross through the traffic on the bottom of O’Connell Street, my bag, heavy with chargers, recorders and laptops, around my shoulder. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.